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Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship
Shri Dharmendra Pradhan takes charge as Minister of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship; Shri Rajeev Chandrasekhar joins office as Minister of State
Shri Dharmendra Pradhan assumed charge of the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship as Cabinet Minister and Shri Rajeev Chandrasekhar, Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha, from Karnataka, took office as the Minister of State  of Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship. Dr. Mahendra Nath Pandey, who was Minister of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship before yesterday’s Cabinet reshuffle, was also present on the occasion and extended his best wishes to both minsters on taking office.
Shri Dharmendra Pradhan said he was committed to strengthen the skilling efforts of the ministry and equipping the youth with necessary skills to prepare them for Future of Work, and creating linkages between skilling and employment. He also extended his wishes to Shri Rajeev Chandrasekhar on his assuming charge as MoS, and said he was looking forward to work together to give impetus to entrepreneurship and fulfil Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s vision of making India the skill capital of the world.
Shri Rajeev Chandrasekhar said he was privileged and honoured to serve as MoS in the Skill Development and Entrepreneurship Ministry, adding he would work hard to realise the Prime Minister’s vision of a Digital, Skilled and New India.
Ministry of Finance
GST Revenue collection for September, 2019
₹ 91,916 crore total gross GST revenue collected in the month of September, 2019
The total gross GST revenue collected in the month of September, 2019 is ₹ 91,916 crore of which CGST is ₹ 16,630 crore, SGST is ₹ 22,598 crore, IGST is ₹ 45,069 crore  and Cess is ₹7,620 crore . The total number of GSTR 3B Returns filed for the month of August up to 30th September, 2019 is 75.94lakh.
The government has settled ₹ 21,131 crore to CGST and ₹ 15,121 crore to SGST from IGST as regular settlement. The total revenue earned by Central Government and the State Governments after regular settlement in the month of September, 2019 is ₹ 37,761 crore for CGST and ₹ 37,719 crore for the SGST.
The revenue during September, 2019 is declined by 2.67% in comparison to the revenue during September, 2018. During April-September, 2019 vis-à-vis 2018, the domestic component has grown by 7.82% while the GST on imports has shown negative growth and the total collection has grown by 4.90%.
The chart shows trends in revenue during the current year.
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Ministry of Information & Broadcasting
Farmers in Punjab, Haryana and HP observe necessary precautions in agricultural activities
PM Garib Kalyan Package ensures the interests of the poor
Agricultural activities having begun in the states of Haryana, Punjab and Himachal Pradeshand country-wide lockdown extended till 3rd May,farmers observe necessary precautions while engaging in their day-to-day agricultural activities. During this extended period of lockdown, farmers are present in the fields to oversee operations. Fully aware about COVID-19, every necessary precaution is being actively taken by them. Farmer Surinder Kumar of Village Ahri in District Jhajjar of Haryana said that they are taking all important precautionslike covering their faces, washing their hands regularly and changing clothes when returning from the fields. Amarjit Singh, a farmer based in Jalandhar, expressed his complete satisfaction over the procurement process.
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The Government of India has launched a Rs 1.70 lakh crore relief package under Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Yojana to help poor to cope with effects during and after the Lockdown. One of the targets of package is to provide free gas cylinders to 8 crore poor under for three months starting from April. Satbir Kaur of Ajnala in Punjab is happy to receive a free LPG cylinder under the Ujjwala Scheme and expresses her gratitude to the Modi government for the same. Yangchen from a village in Spiti also shared a similar feeling and appealed to people stay home and be safe. As of now, 97.8 lakh Gas cylinders have distributed among the beneficiaries.
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Showing a great amount of zeal and responsibility, various NGOs have also been complementing Government’s effort. Kanya Mahavidyalaya in Jalandhar is among the various bodies making their contribution in getting face masks stitched and distributed to the farmers, factory workers and villagers free of cost. While at Gugwaal Haar village situated in Hajipur Block of District Hoshiarpur, Punjab, a group of young women, are working tirelessly to safeguard residents of their village and those in the vicinity, vulnerable migrant workers and ration and food supply distributors from COVID 19 infections by making and distributing face masks. The group is led by the village Sarpanch Narinder Singh. Whereas Self Help Groups of Village Kothi in District Mandi  have emerged as community warriors.
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More than 32 crore poor people have received financial assistance of Rs 29,352 crore under the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Package. This shows that relief package has been extremely helpful to them during these testing times and farmers are supporting the steps taken by Government of India to contain spread of COVID-19.
Prime Minister's Office
Press Release on Prime Minister’s meeting with Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany
Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi held a bilateral meeting today with H.E. Mr Olaf Scholz, Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany. The meeting was held prior to the sixth round of Biennial Inter Governmental Consultations  between India and Germany.
Prime Minister was accorded a ceremonial guard of honour and received by Chancellor Scholz at the Federal Chancellery. The two leaders thereafter met in one-on-one format followed by delegation level talks.
Discussions covered key areas of bilateral cooperation under the overall strategic partnership, as well as regional and global developments.
Ministry of Science & Technology
CSIR- National Chemical Laboratory  Pune ties up with Bharat Electronics Ltd  for production of medical devices
Mass manufacturing ready hardware and software design will be available to manufacturers across India for free
(CSIR’s constituent Lab, CSIR-NCL Pune, has been leading the way in promoting innovation and entrepreneurship through its Venture Centre for the past decade and new innovations from there are helping in fight against the Corona outbreak. Two of the recent innovations that can help in the mitigation of the Corona outbreak are featured:
1) Digital IR Thermometer: CSIR-NCL’s Venture Centre’s incubatee BMEK headed by Mr. Pratik Kulkarni has developed hand held digital IR thermometer which is an important component of measures to mitigate Coronavirus outbreak. Mobile phone or power banks can be used as a power source. The design of IR thermometers is available open source where in the complete know-how with mass manufacturing ready hardware and software design will be available to manufacturers across India for free. This is an effort to enable a large number of manufacturers to manufacture the thermometers and cater to their local demands. Now it is being scaled up in partnership with BEL . About 100 prototype units will be made for pilot distribution and testing at TUV Rheinland India Pvt Ltd Bangalore.
2) The second innovation is the oxygen enrichment unit : One of the critical needs of COVID-19 patients is the need to meet the oxygen requirements due to their lungs being compromised. Oxygen enrichment unit  to increase the oxygen concentration from the ambient air of 21-22% to 38-40% have been developed by CSIR-NCL and Genrich Membranes, a start-up innovation venture founded by Dr. Ulhas Kharul, Head of Polymer Science & Engineering Divsion at NCL. OEU is hollow fiber membrane bundles for separation and filtration of ambient air to produce enriched oxygen for patients in home and hospital settings. The prototype units are ready at Pune and will be sent to TUV Rheinland India Pvt Ltd Bangalore for testing/validation. About 10 OEU machines will be assembled by NCL BEL in Pune and after the trials, scale up will be done.
Five, infrared non-contact thermometers were handed over to Deputy Commissioner of Police, Pune.
Genrich-NCL Oxygen enrichment unit machine connected to a patient’s breathing mask in medical center during prototype testing near Pune.
Ministry of Micro,Small & Medium Enterprises
Atmanirbhar in MSMEs Sector
The Government has taken a number of initiatives under the Aatma Nirbhar Bharat Abhiyan to mitigate the negative impact of Covid-19 on small businesses, including MSMEs, in the country. Some of them are:
- Rs. 20,000 crore Subordinate Debt for stressed MSMEs.
- Rs.3 lakh crores Emergency Credit Line Guarantee Scheme  for Businesses, including MSMEs .
- Rs. 50,000 crore equity infusion through Self Reliant India Fund.
- New revised criteria of classification of MSMEs.
- New registration of MSMEs through ‘Udyam Registration’ for Ease of Doing Business.
- No global tenders for procurement up to Rs. 200 crores.
Promotion and development of MSMEs is a continuous process. The Government of India, interacts regularly with Stakeholders, Industry Associations, Individual Enterprises, State Government through Seminars, Video Conferencing, Meeting etc., to assess the problems and challenges faced by the MSMEs. The Ministry of MSME implements various schemes and programmes for the promotion and development of MSMEs. These schemes and programmes inter alia include Prime Minister’s Employment Generation programme , Scheme of Fund for Regeneration of Traditional Industries , A Scheme for Promoting Innovation, Rural Industry & Entrepreneurship , Credit Guarantee Scheme for Micro and Small Enterprises, Micro and Small Enterprises Cluster Development Programme , etc.
The Ministry of MSME, in order to help the MSMEs to grow technologically and to enhance their competitiveness, has established new Technology Centres  and Extension Centres  across the Country. These TCs/ECs provide various services like technology support, skilling, incubation and consultancy to MSMEs and skill seekers, leading to enhancement in employability of the skill seekers, competitiveness of MSMEs and creation of new MSMEs in the country. In addition to it, the Government of India, through its 18 technology centres, conducts various skill development training programmes based on the provision of well structured modular, hands on practically oriented, training for the educated youth and technicians of industries. All courses are regularly updated to keep abreast with global technological advancements. Accordingly, 76 courses are compliant with National Skill Qualification Frame work , Ministry of Skill Development & Entrepreneurship.
This reply was given by the Minister of State for Micro Small and Medium Enterprises, Shri Bhanu Pratap Singh Verma in a written reply in the Rajya Sabha.
Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment
‘Samajik Adhikarita Shivir’ for Divyangjan in Farrukhabad, Uttar Pradesh
A ‘Samajik Adhikarita Shivir’ for distribution of aids and assistive devices to ‘Divyangjan’ under the ADIP Scheme and to senior citizens under Rashtriya Vayoshri Yojana of the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, Government of India will be organized by the Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities  in association with ALIMCO and District Administration Farrukhabad on 29th October, 2021 at JJR Guest House, Shamshidabad Farrukhabad, Uttar Pradesh.
A total of 6530 aids and assistive devices valued at Rs.1.46 crore will be distributed free of cost to 288 Divyangjan and 756 Senior citizens by following the SOP prepared by the Department in view of COVID-19 Pandemic.
The inaugural function to be held on 29th October, 2021 at 11.00 AM, will be attended virtually as the Chief Guest Dr. Virendra Kumar, Union Minister for Social Justice and Empowerment and function will be presided over by Shri Mukesh Rajput, Member of Parliament, Farrukhabad. Member of Parliament will be attending the function by being physically present at the venue of main function.
Senior officers from ALIMCO and District Administration will also be present virtually/in person during the function.
Link for live webcast of the above event is https://youtu.be/LDNJUveTpa8
Ministry of Defence
Raksha Mantri invites global OEMs to Co-Develop, Co-Produce, integrate & strengthen supply chains, form joint ventures, set up manufacturing in India and make for the world
Shri Rajnath Singh meets CEOs of OEMs on sidelines of Aero India-2023
India offers advantages to global defence industry, such as competitive land costs, skilled human capital, vibrant start-up ecosystem & huge defence market: rm
Raksha Mantri Shri Rajnath Singh met the CEOs of Original Equipment Manufacturers  on the sidelines of 14th Aero India on February 14, 2023. During the interaction, he highlighted that India offers significant advantages of competitive land costs, skilled human capital, a vibrant start-up ecosystem and a huge domestic defence market to the Global Defence industry. He described this as a win-win situation where defence manufacturing companies from across the world can become a part of the Indian growth story.
Shri Rajnath Singh emphasised the importance of the defence sector for India saying, “Defence production meets the twin goals of becoming self-reliant in a critical sector as well as generating jobs for our people.” He also mentioned the incentives given by Uttar Pradesh and Tamil Nadu state governments for investment in Defence Industrial Corridors, central government policies promoting FDI and defence manufacturing in India, the strong legal system protecting stakeholders' interests and improvements in ease of doing business.
“There are opportunities to co-develop, co-produce, integrate and strengthen supply chains, from Joint Ventures, set up manufacturing in India and make for the world,” he said. The CEOs gave their suggestions to facilitate Global investment in Indian Defence Manufacturing and Raksha Mantri assured them of government efforts to remove regulatory hurdles for private industry.
CEOs and senior management of General Atomics, Safran, Boeing, Embraer and Rafael Advanced Defence Systems attended the interaction. Defence Secretary Shri Giridhar Aramane, DG  Shri Pankaj Agrawal, Additional Secretary, Defence Production Shri T. Natarajan and other senior officials of the Ministry of Defence were also present.
Ministry of Labour & Employment
NCSCDA to organise free job drive for Divyangs
The National Career Service Centre for Differently Abled , Bhubaneswar is going to organise a free job drive to recruit Hearing Impaired jobseekers of the state on dated 26.08.2022 at its office premises. The job drive will be conducted by Youth 4 Jobs foundation for filling up of 30 nos of vacancies for different posts at reputed companies like VMart, Max & Flipkart.
All Hearing Impaired job seekers are requested to attend the job drive along with all desired documents like photocopy of all educational certificates, Aadhaar card, PAN Card, passport size photograph, disability certificate & filled up bio data form etc.
Date: 26th Aug 2022
Time: 10AM to 3 PM
Age limit: 18 yrs to 30 yrs
Gender: Male & Female
Education: 10th Pass & Above
Venue: NCSCDA 
Plot- 1, 2, 5&6, Gandamunda, Pokhariput, Bhubaneswar

For more information contact: 0674-2352317
Ministry of Defence
FOC-IN-C  CALLS ON CHIEF MINISTER OF MAHARASHTRA
Mumbai, 24 May 2022
Vice Adm Ajendra Bahadur Singh, FOCinC Western Naval Command , called-on Hon'ble CM of Maharashtra, Shri Uddhav Thackeray at State Guest House, Mumbai on 24 May 2022.
The CinC briefed the Chief Minister on the recent efforts and initiatives of the Indian Navy to enhance overall maritime security, including ongoing initiatives in the state of Maharashtra. Activities being conducted/ planned by the Indian Navy towards #AzadiKaAmritMahotsav were also discussed.
The Hon’ble Chief Minister acknowledged the role and contribution of the Indian Navy and agreed to resolve all outstanding issues in a time bound manner.
During the meeting, various issues pertaining of common interest to the Navy and the Govt of Maharashtra were discussed, including options to enhance the close interactions between the State Govt, Mumbaikars and the Indian Navy.
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Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions
Shri A. N. Jha appointed as Finance Secretary
The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has approved designating Shri A. N. Jha, IAS , Secretary, Department of Expenditure, Ministry of Finance as Finance Secretary.
Ministry of Women and Child Development
INITIATIVES TO ADDRESS SCHOOL DROPOUTS OF GIRLS
Beti Bachao Beti Padhao  Scheme aims to address declining Child Sex Ratio  and related issues of empowerment of girls and women over a life cycle continuum. The objectives of the scheme are to prevent gender biased sex selective elimination, to ensure survival and protection of the girl child and to ensure education and participation of the girl child. The key elements of the scheme include nation-wide media and advocacy campaign and multi-sectoral intervention in selected 405 districts. Campaigns/awareness activities are organized at district level for re-enrollment of drop out girls at secondary level. Further, to incentivize girl child education, BBBP scheme has provision for felicitation/reward/recognition for meritorious girls students at district level under multi-sectoral intervention.
Department of School Education and Literacy , Ministry of Education is implementing the scheme of Samagra Shiksha, effective from 2018-19, for universalization of quality education throughout the country in coordination with the States and UTs. It is an overarching programme for the school education sector extending from pre-school to class XII and aims to ensure inclusive and equitable quality education at all levels of school education.
Under Samagra Shiksha, there is a provision of State Specific Projects for Equity. State Specific Projects for varied interventions under equity are emphasized for enhancing access, retention and quality to girls by promoting enrolment drives, retention and motivation camps, gender sensitization modules etc. Financial Support is also provided under State Specific projects as per the allocation of flexi fund under quality to the state subject to viable proposal received from the respective State and UTs. Such projects include Life Skills, Awareness programmes, Incinerators, Sanitary Pad Vending Machines etc. Further, under the revamped Samagra Shiksha, the provision of Incinerator and Sanitary Pad Vending Machines in all girls’ hostels has been approved.
This information was given by the Minister of Women and Child Development, Smt. Smriti Zubin Irani, in a written reply in Lok Sabha today.
Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change
Active paddy residue burning events in Punjab, Haryana and 8 NCR districts of U.P. comes down significantly this year, fewer fire counts reported in 2021 as compared to last year.
1795 fire counts reported in last one month as against 4854 instances reported in the corresponding period during 2020.
Commission for Air Quality Management  monitoring the implementation of the action plan formulated by the State Governments of Punjab, Haryana and U.P. on daily basis.
CAQM regularly holding meetings with State Government Officials of Haryana, Punjab, and U.P. including with the Deputy Commissioners
To curb and abate air pollution during the ongoing harvest season, the Commission for Air Quality Management in NCR and Adjoining Areas  has been actively monitoring paddy residue burning events from 15th September 2021 onwards in the states of Punjab, Haryana and 8 National Capital Region  Districts of Uttar Pradesh .
As per the report based on the protocol framed by ISRO for the Commission, paddy residue burning events have been reduced by 69.49% in Punjab, by 18.28% in Haryana and by 47.61% in the 8 NCR Districts of Uttar Pradesh during the one-month period compared to the same period last year.
During one month period of the current year, the total reported residue burning events in Punjab are 1286 as against 4216 for the same period of last year. Similarly, in respect of Haryana, the reported fire incidents are 487 as against 596 for the corresponding year last year. In the 8 NCR Districts of Uttar Pradesh, the total stubble fire incidents reported during this period are 22 as against 42 for the corresponding period of last year.
No fire counts have been reported from Delhi and two NCR Districts of Rajasthan. The first paddy residue burning was reported on 16th September in Punjab, 28th September in Haryana and 18th September in the NCR area of Uttar Pradesh.
The major hotspots of paddy residue burning in the state of Punjab are Amritsar, Tarn Taran, Patiala and Ludhiana. These four districts account for 72% of stubble burning events. Similarly, the major hotspots in Haryana are Karnal, Kaithal and Kurukshetra. These 3 districts account for 80% of the stubble burning incidences.
The Commission is taking up with the State Governments of Punjab, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh on a daily basis to ensure strict implementation of the action plan and the framework to curb paddy residue burning events. CAQM has also held series of meetings with State Government Officials including the District Collectors/ District Magistrates of Punjab, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh.
Out of a total 1795 sites where burning has been reported in Punjab, Haryana and 8 NCR Districts of Uttar Pradesh up till 14.10.2021, 663 fields have been inspected by the enforcement agencies and officials concerned of the respective states. Environmental Compensation  has been imposed in 252 cases.
Harvesting will be at its peak in the next few weeks and the State Governments are taking steps as per the Plan of Action to improve the efficacy of enforcement and implementation to effectively tackle the problem of stubble burning.
Ministry of Communications
Special Cancellation by Goa Postal Division - 'To Fight COVID , Protect your mental health. '
05.11.2020| Goa
Goa Postal Division will be releasing a Special Cover and Special Cancellation “To Fight COVID-19 Protect Your Mental Health” on 09.11.2020. The proponent of this Special Cover and Special Cancellation is Goa Philatelic & Numismatic Society.
Goa Postal Division will also be releasing a Special Cancellation with slogan “To Fight COVID-19 collaborate in contact tracing” on 09.11.2020. This Special cancellation will be impressed upon all the articles posted at the Panaji Head Post Office and Margao Head Post Office in the Goa Division. For Panaji Head Post Office cancellation will be available for 05 days i.e. 09/11/2020 to 13/11/2020 and Margao Head Post Office cancellation will be available for 05 days i.e. 17/11/2020 to 21/11/2020. This Special cancellation is expected to increase public awareness regarding contact tracing to prevent the further spread of COVID-19.
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